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Podcast: Unofficial Partner Podcast
Episode: UP410 Ed Smith: 'The Olympics are a civilising force'
Description: We’re in the middle of the Olympic Games in Paris so it’s a good time to ask some bigger questions as to the future of the Olympics and mega sports events more generally, with regular contributor Ed Smith, founder of the Institute of Sports Humanities and fellow guest Dr Simon Rofe, a world leading expert in the field of sports diplomacy, and himself a visiting lecturer at ISH, which helps its students decode the signals derived from history and interrogate the impact of globalisation on sport. Simon has an international research profile addressing sports diplomacy, with...